Pictures of the day: 17 April 2014

Algerian police arrest a protestor from the Barakat movement (meaning in Algerian Arabic "That's enough"), as they demonstrate in Algiers against their current President Bouteflika Abdelaziz running for a fourth term in the presidential elections. More than 260,000 police have deployed across the country to guarantee security in the 50,000 polling booths set up to accommodate the 23 million Algerians eligible to vote in the presidential race, which is being contested by six candidates.Picture: FAROUK BATICHE/GETTY IMAGES